Dance and Theatre Traditions

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1. Where did Kabuki theatre originate or develop?

   • Japan
   • northern India
   • Andalusia, Spain
   • Italian Renaissance courts

2. Choose the best answer: where did Kathak dance originate or develop?

   • Andalusia, Spain
   • northern India
   • Italian Renaissance courts
   • Japan

3. Which option correctly answers this: where did Flamenco dance originate or develop?

   • Italian Renaissance courts
   • Japan
   • Andalusia, Spain
   • Indonesia

4. Ballet first developed as a courtly dance tradition in which Renaissance setting?

   • Baroque France
   • Imperial Russia
   • Renaissance Italy
   • Habsburg Austria

5. Noh theatre flourished in medieval Japan under the patronage of which warrior government?

   • Ashikaga shogunate
   • Tokugawa shogunate
   • Kamakura shogunate
   • Meiji government

6. From the choices given, where did Wayang kulit shadow theatre originate or develop?

   • Brazil
   • Indonesia
   • Tamil Nadu, India
   • Italy

7. Which choice completes this fact accurately? Where did Capoeira originate or develop?

   • Tamil Nadu, India
   • Italy
   • Brazil
   • Māori culture of New Zealand

8. Consider the historical or technical context. Where did Bharatanatyam originate or develop?

   • Italy
   • Māori culture of New Zealand
   • Japan
   • Tamil Nadu, India

9. Pick the factually correct response: where did Commedia dell’arte originate or develop?

   • Italy
   • Māori culture of New Zealand
   • Japan
   • northern India

10. For this final item, where did Haka performance tradition originate or develop?

    • Japan
    • Māori culture of New Zealand
    • northern India
    • Andalusia, Spain